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Local focus: How chambers of commerce are enticing shoppers to suburban downtowns

By Orrin Schwarz
Nov 13, 2022 8:53 AM - At local chambers of commerce around the suburbs, the quest has begun: To convince people to shop with their feet instead of their thumbs, in quaint storefronts instead of in big boxes.
Adding life to the economy: Growing biosciences industry diversifies Illinois' business community

By Orrin Schwarz
Oct 16, 2022 1:00 AM - Biotechnology is growing rapidly. It will grow with or without Illinois, but Illinois is working to get onboard.
How to evaluate the economy as we march toward the midterm election

By Orrin Schwarz
Sep 18, 2022 7:00 AM - What local economists say about the strength of the economy.
Hints of a comeback: Experts seeing signs of progress in suburban office market

Aug 21, 2022 6:00 AM - As economic indicators go, the traffic test is not the most scientific. Neither is the eyeball test Johnson employs when he says he sees more cars in office building parking lots. But the point remains, after a difficult couple of years, there is evidence of progress in the suburban office leasing market.
Suburban construction companies are getting creative to beat supply-chain woes

Jul 24, 2022 1:00 AM - The supply-chain crisis continues, but local construction companies have found creative ways to get around it.
Quicker clicks: Why data centers are a growth industry in the suburbs

Jun 26, 2022 1:00 AM - What are data centers, how do they affect our everyday lives, why are so many of them being built in the suburbs and what do they mean for our economy?
Illinois is growing: It turns out our state is a place to be

May 29, 2022 1:00 AM - It turns out the many stories about an Illinois exodus were all wrong. In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau said May 19, our state's population grew by about 257,000 people rather than shrinking by 18,124, as it had originally reported.
Changing the narrative: Out-of-state businesses are buying Illinois' sales pitch

May 1, 2022 6:00 AM - Intersect Illinois -- a group formed in 2016 by then Gov. Bruce Rauner that counts many of Illinois' biggest and best-known corporations as funders -- is telling Illinois' story to out-of-state businesses in hopes they will move here. Many of them like what they hear.
The best reason for businesses to locate in the Chicago area

Apr 4, 2022 2:50 PM - While there are many stories about businesses citing taxes or unions or weather as reasons for going elsewhere, perhaps they're overlooking at least one very persuasive reason to remain in or relocate to the Chicago area: the labor force.
Industrial strength: Why manufacturing, warehouse space is in such high demand in the Chicago area

Mar 9, 2022 7:13 PM - Talk about the current state of the suburban industrial real estate market quickly trends toward superlatives. To be clear, it's a national trend as well. But the Chicago area is setting the pace.

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